Chapter 39: The True Form of the Ghost
"After a long while of nonsense talk, the bearded man finally satisfied his desire to show off."
"From his description, I also learned how the impostor was caught."
"Speaking of which, that guy deserved it. He was pretending to be me while I was working at the front desk in the hotel, but he ran off to the outdoor parcel cabinet to pick up a package."
"That was the exorcism talisman I bought online, which I had planned to pick up the next day."
"During this process, the man secretly followed behind the fake product. When it was not paying attention, he held a knife to its neck and used the same trick to tie it up."
"The man originally thought there shouldn't be anyone at the front desk, or maybe one or two aunties helping to look after me. But when he entered, he saw another me."
"However, he didn't say anything. He just changed the topic and tried to figure out the truth. And deep down, he mistakenly thought we were twins."
Sun Xiaoman was getting a bit thirsty as she talked about this, so she unconsciously took a sip of soy milk.
This made Chu Jiang secretly evaluate in his mind: the possibility of a living person increased by one percent.
"After the man finished rambling, he stood up and looked at us with a gaze as if he was selecting goods."
"At that time, I was scared to death, too scared to even get angry."
"In the end, the man chose the fake product that also appeared to be very afraid as a priority."
"Every single word he said at that time, I remember it very clearly. He said: 'This should be the younger sister who goes to pick up deliveries. The older sister is more responsible and has been watching the store. So let's start with the younger sister.'"
"As soon as he finished speaking, the man was about to attack. At that moment, I thought to myself, if it was me, I would never let this man succeed!"
"In the end, the impostor made the same choice as me. She kicked out while lying on the ground, almost hitting the man's sensitive area."
"Even if she didn't hit the right spot, it made the man stumble."
"I tried to help in the midst of it, but the man was already furious. He pushed my leg away with one hand and pulled out a knife with the other, viciously stabbing at the impostor!"
"The knife went straight into her chest, the assailant kept stabbing several times, splattering blood all over himself."
"At that moment, I knew I was in trouble. This man was insane, he didn't care about anything when he went crazy."
"Gasping heavily, he stabbed the impostor to death, his face still twisted with a twisted and diseased smile. He turned to look at me and asked, 'Are you still not going to resist? Do you also want to end up like her?'"
"Before I even had time to think about what to do next, I witnessed a horrifying scene."
Sun Xiaoman's hands were trembling as she spoke, "Even now, I can dream about that scene."
"I saw that the fake body behind the bearded man disappeared, and in its place was a standing and delicate doll."
"This doll is not an ordinary toy doll, nor is it a model doll from a clothing store. It is the same size and has the same skin color as a real person, but it doesn't have any gender features and has spherical joints."
"Its appearance is very similar to a real person, although it doesn't have hair and it's hard to tell if it's male or female, but its facial features are extremely precise, almost identical to a human."
"But if you stare at it, you will notice a slight sense of disharmony in its face, as if it's made up of numerous human facial features."
"Once you notice this subtle disharmony, it becomes quite striking; after all, when I saw it, I felt that the face was very stiff and terrifying, as if facing a corpse or a corpse that has been stitched together multiple times."
"At that time, the man hadn't noticed this accident, he only saw my pupils shrink and my whole body uncontrollably step back."
"This made him even more proud, but before he could stand up and come towards me, the lifelike doll placed a hand on the man's shoulder."
"With this touch, the man stopped moving, and at the same time, I saw a look of horror on his face."
"Then, then..." Sun Xiaoman said, with a hint of pain, she closed her eyes.
Chu Jiang also didn't rush her, he just waited for her to slowly speak out.
After a while, Sun Xiaoman took a deep breath and said, "Next, the lifelike doll expressionlessly laid the man flat on the ground."
"During this process, the man had no resistance at all, as if at this moment, the other party was the human and he was just a puppet, being manipulated."
"The lifelike doll meticulously took one hair from the man, I saw it even turned its head slightly, as if carefully observing every detail of the hair."
"Then it took another hair from the man... it repeated this continuously, and the speed kept increasing, until finally, the doll pulled out all of the man's hair."
"I could see that the criminal was aware, his face showed an unnatural contortion and a look of pain."
"But the lifelike doll ignored the man's feelings, it seemed as if it was an emotionless researcher, just analyzing every physical feature of a human in detail."
"Next, the doll resumed its original speed, methodically stripped the criminal of his clothes, and then took off the nail of his left thumb..." Sun Xiaoman's voice trembled a little.
"After taking the nail from the left hand, next was the nail on the right hand; then the left foot, right foot..."
"I could tell that the bearded man was in a lot of pain, but he couldn't even struggle. The small facial muscles twitching were the most he could do with his body."
"You can probably guess what happened next without me having to say it."
"The man was slowly dismembered by the lifelike doll, like the most meticulous scientist dismantling a human specimen, just to better understand humans."
"From hair, to nails, to skin, to blood, to muscles, to bones, to organs, to the brain, to nerves..."
"I saw with my own eyes the doll dissecting a human, smashing them to pieces. Even though I had closed my eyes halfway through, I could still hear the sounds and imagine the horrifying scenes in my mind."
"I passed out in the end, and when I woke up, it was already daylight."
Sun Xiaoman's voice was deep, and her eyes were teary and red.
"When I woke up, to my disbelief, I realized I was still alive, and I hadn't turned into a puddle of blood and flesh."
"I thought that after the imposter killed that man, it would do the same thing to me since I had already seen its true form."
"But the truth is, there was none, and I found that the lifelike doll had disappeared, leaving behind a strong smell of blood and the body of the criminal, completely shattered."
"In a state of panic, the first thing I thought of was calling the police."
"But as I looked at everything in the room, I fell silent..."
